From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 1996 19:57:11 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Don't auto-install on import.  This slows down apps that use
X-Git-Tag: v1.4~149
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8299e46831b1ab387fb0e615efb96497ffe774ae;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

Don't auto-install on import.  This slows down apps that use
some of our modules for special purposes (e.g. rexec).
---

diff --git a/Lib/ihooks.py b/Lib/ihooks.py
index 3a7e4bf020d4..70aa8114d97e 100644
--- a/Lib/ihooks.py
+++ b/Lib/ihooks.py
@@ -351,9 +351,6 @@ class ModuleImporter(_Verbose):
 	    del __builtin__.unload
 
 
-# XXX Some experimental hacks -- importing ihooks auto-installs!
-# XXX (That's supposed to be transparent anyway...)
-
 default_importer = None
 current_importer = None
 
@@ -365,6 +362,3 @@ def install(importer = None):
 def uninstall():
     global current_importer
     current_importer.uninstall()
-
-
-install()